Pat Pinsonneault, left, says farewell to Harold Lee, a South Korean student who is in university in Toronto. Lee travelled by bike from Vancouver to Toronto this summer, and found Pinsonneault via the website couchsurfing.org, for a night’s stay recently in Chatham.
The website connects travellers with hosts for overnight accommodations. According to the Couchsurfing Facebook page, “Couchsurfers share their lives, fostering cultural exchange and mutual respect.”